Unless your lawsuit alleges you have an ownership interest in the Title to the property, absolutely they can sell the property - why wouldn't they? Even if you sue alleging an interest in the Title to the property, they can still sell but it might slow a potential buyer a bit IF you appeared... View More

Yes, I know of no reason a landlord cannot rescind a rent increase notice (though I am unclear why you believe relocation assistance applies if you are in Gresham rather than within the Portland city limits). IF your lease says rent is due on the 1st of the month, your landlord likely is within... View More

Assuming your rental is in Oregon, much depends upon the exact language of your lease. Yes, it is likely (but not guaranteed without a complete review of the lease and all the surrounding facts) that you can terminate all occupants tenancy with a 90 day no cause notice (are you exempt from paying... View More

Generally yes but the very fact that you are asking suggests that there is some disagreement with the landlord re if/how much you are owed. If that is accurate, then deducting it from the rent risks getting you evicted if a court ever finds that you not entitled to the entire amount you deducted.... View More

If he pays rent (or has agreed to/is supposed to), there is likely a landlord-tenant relationship between them and regardless of being siblings, your friend simply has to treat him as any other tenant. In general that means providing proper written notice, lawfully served, of the tenancy being... View More

If you have received a 90 Day No Cause Termination of Tenancy Notice, you must be on a month to month tenancy. As such, you are free to move out anytime with providing at least 30 days prior written notice to the landlord. So the landlord has told you to be out on day 90. You need to be gone on... View More

No, your lease is with the owner, just managed by the property manager.

Likely yes though the only way to really know is to thoroughly review the lease and notice. IF you are on a fixed term lease, it was nice of you to provide notice but doing so does nothing to change your legal liability. You contracted to occupy and pay rent through the end of the contractual... View More

It does sound as if you may have a variety of claims against your ex-landlord. You may wish to review everything with a local landlord-tenant attorney to determine exactly how much and how to best go about filing suit. Even if you get a Judgment against him though, you may still have a problem... View More

Is there a question here? Nothing posted here suggests to me any unlawful behavior by the landlord.

Assuming you are in Oregon, if housing is provided as part of your job, landlord-tenant laws do not apply. You are required to be given written notice before being able to be evicted BUT only 24 hours written notice is required. So you appear to be given more notice than legally required, even if... View More

IF you are within the city limits of Portland, you can serve a 90 day no cause termination of tenancy notice on one or both. His verbal 30 day notice is unenforceable unless he puts it in writing. As to grounds for a for cause termination of tenancy, you may have grounds to issue a 30 day for... View More

If a landlord accepts rent for time past the landlord's termination notice effective date, then they likely have waived their right to evict based on that notice. A potential fly in the ointment here appears to be that the landlord can return the funds within 10 days of receiving them and not... View More

Well first, given this fact pattern, if anything happens to you the police are already likely to be highly suspicious of him. Small comfort to you though. You should ask the Deputy District Attorney prosecuting this creep to immediately have a restraining order entered to protect you. Once in... View More

If you all signed the same lease agreement, then if it ends for any of you, it ends for all of you. You and the landlord are, of course, entitled to enter into any new agreement you wish. If you each had separate written agreements with the landlord, then ending with one likely does not affect or... View More

No rent increase allowed in first 12 months; after that a minimum of 90 days written notice is required State-wide now.

I am not understanding your position. If you are on a fixed-term lease, it normally specifies what happens when it expires. Some require X days prior notice from either party or it automatically renews. Some automatically convert to month to month tenancies. Still others are silent, meaning... View More

Much depends upon the exact terms contained in your lease. Most term leases (and all good fixed-term leases) contain provisions referring to what happens upon termination. They may automatically renew for another term unless one party notifies the other that they do not wish to renew the lease,... View More

Your fixed term lease normally specifies what happens when it expires. It can just expire with the tenant being subject to immediate eviction if they are not out by the last day of the lease; it can automatically renew unless one party notifies the other party otherwise; it can automatically... View More

Certainly she can email you most anything she wants - but it will not legally fulfill her duty to either refund or provide you with a written accounting for what she is keeping from your security deposit. Understand she is not required to provide receipts or even to actually repair any alleged